Paths of Glory- A book review

"Paths of Glory" By Jeffery Archer is the story about a man who set out to follow his larger than life dream and whether he succeeds or not forms the rest of the novel.
The book begins with the story of George Mallory's eventful childhood. There are some parts which are truly memorable especially the parts where George feels women should have equal rights as men and argues with his dad to send his sisters to a decent college , his way of getting admission to Winchester, his mountaineering ability, his adventures with Finch,trying to climb eiffel tower etc. Some of the instances has Archer written all over them! George then tries to woo this woman (Ruth) whom he falls in love with at first sight. He even climbs a clock tower in venice to prove his love for her! George finally settles down by marrying her and starts his own family and thats when the reader begins to get disconnected as the book starts getting into a slow pace. The book takes an upturn when the Everest mission sets in. Mallory is the leader of the climbing party which is selected to conquer Mount Everest. His dream- to be the first man to set his foot on the summit of the tallest mountain in the whole world! It was so important to him that inspite of a drastic first attempt, inspite of being a father to 4 kids,inspite of a loving wife, he sets out to try it one last time. You really dont feel much when he actually dies on the mountain while returning back..i dont know if it was because i felt slightly disconnected or because i was not able to imagine the whole scene vividly... Archer, in my opinion, didnt put his best effort in describing the scene up there (i dont quite blame him since he himself has not been there!!) The only heartwrenching moment is when Ruth receives George's letter after his death..truly remarkable..thats the only time when i actually got emotional. I would definitely not rate this book among Archer's best books..not even in the breath of Kane and Abel :-)

Tired and out..

my eyes are closing ..my body aches..my brain is completely shut slowing every task that i do today..no no! i am not in another mood swing of mine..i am just a sleep deprived soul. i wish to sleep on my soft bed right now, all cozy and comfortable, drifting away into my world of dreams. How i wish i had a magic wand with me which would transport me to the place i want! there would be no traffic jams if all of us had a magic wand..wouldnt that be wonderful? what if there are too many people wishing to go to the same place? first think first serve (like first come first serve)? who would wish to come to office then :D..
well..i think by now you must have realized that i really need sleep...Thank God Its Friday!

Addicted

"Addicted By Enrique Iglesias"- I have been listening to this song all day long...Somehow it strikes a chord with me.Frankly, the lyrics are not great but there is something about his voice which makes me cringe...a pretty old one but definitely worth listening to if you are a sucker for romantic songs like me!!

atlast!!

I realized that i should remove pessimism from my blog...looking back, i would say 50-60% of the posts have been either complaints or looking at the worse side of my life!! i decided i am going to look beyond all these things and stay positive..it definitely keeps me going..
last week i had too many things happening -both professionally and personally and thats when i was almost at the edge and a little more push i would have tripped and fallen...i am really thankful to have come out of that and now i realize i dont have many things happening :-)
or atleast i am happy with the way things are right now...i like to keep myself busy..do many things at once..i like it when many people approach me for my help..somewhere it makes me feel important and i feel like putting in more effort to make things better for them..i think a little bit of selflessness is required to feel good..
anyway,i just re-read the post and saw that nothing would make sense to anybody else except me ..which in a way is good :-)

crap

happiness eludes me,
tiredness is all over me,
stress consumes me,
this is me at this particular moment...
the past week has been sort of a roller coaster ride. A mix of emotions, mental and physical stress, high expectations..what else can i say!!i long for a happy ending to all these..i am still looking for a beautiful rainbow at the end of this storm..a rainbow which would bring in all the colors and zeal required in my life.is it my perception or is it really happening to me? am i correct by hoping for the better or should i be prepared for the worst? i have never been able to answer this question myself...

Monday blues

Today can easily be counted as one of the worst days of my life...no sleep last night, no electricity at home and a heavy downpour in bangalore..rather i should have worded it as due to heavy downpour in bangalore, there was no electricity at home and thus no sleep last night!! doesnt matter now..the last thing i want to look at is grammar!!
i got up at 9:15 for work which is miserably late..managed to get ready by 10:15..rode about 6 kms(my office is about 7 kms from home) only to realize i forgot to carry my office laptop! damn..$#$#^$%#%*&^(^(*&%..after cursing myself a million times, i took a U-turn to be surrounded by endless traffic..it took me another 45 minutes to get home..picked up my laptop and started to ride to office again..i think everyone in the world ganged up to rage a war against me today as i was caught in every damn bloody traffic signal..with no one to blame, i meekly rode all the way when it started to drizzle..i was praying to God silently asking him to postpone the rain for atleast 15 minutes..i think God heard me and it kinda stopped once i reached 6 kms (the same spot where i remembered about my lappy).. and then it happened!! a guy on a bike rode his bike like it was a ferrari through slush and a second later, i saw that all that slush was on my pants..grrrrrrrrrrr..
I somehow managed to sail through the whole day trying not to fall asleep at my desk...i thought i should definitely blog this before i forget..i am sure i will have a good laugh when i go through this much much later :-)
PS: I am planning to blog everyday...i hope i do it!

growing growing and growing up

well..i know its been almost a year since my last post..work kept me really busy in the past year..growing old is tough..hmmphh(with a huge sigh on my face!)
everytime i meet my niece, i sooo envy her..she is in upper kinderGarten and has a perennial smile on her face! i have never seen her with a sigh(except when she doesnt get to eat kurkure)..her only tension in life is to watch Pogo!! Her homework is writing ABC..and reading rhymes..
now who wouldnt want to switch places with her? why is it that we always want to grow up in our childhood and fulfill our dreams of becoming something, study hard during teenage..and go to college..and when you finally achieve what you always wanted, you end up wanting to be a small child, waiting to be pampered and have no tensions in life!! life really is a full circle...
i think i should stop here before it gets too heavy for a friday evening ;-)
happy weekending!